Andrew Carnegie and Henry George present different viewpoints on
             technological and social progress and different visions of the future. Both
             men agree that the advancements made in the manufacturing industry and the
             subsequent surge in capitalism have had many noticeably positive effects on
             humanity as a whole. Lifestyles have improved due to the use of "labor-
             saving inventions," as George notes (512). "Sheep killed in Australia eaten
             fresh in England and the order given by the London banker in the afternoon
             executed in San Francisco in the morning of the same day," are a few
             examples of how technology has revolutionized life over the past few
             centuries. Carnegie is likewise optimistic about the immediate effects of
             technological innovation. Both authors agree that great social and
             political changes have resulted directly from innovations in science and
             technology. Moreover, both Carnegie and George concur that not all the
             changes have benefited all people. In fact, Carnegie states of factory
             culture: "rigid Castes are formed, and, as usual, mutual ignorance breeds
             mutual distrust," (452). George agrees, noting that "amid the greatest
             accumulation of wealth, men die of starvation," (515). Conflict between the
             classes and the widening gulf between rich and poor are central themes in
             both Carnegie's "Wealth," and George's "Progress and Poverty." However, the
             ways in which each writer treats the problems with wealth and poverty
             differ substantially; while George harshly criticizes land ownership as the
             root cause of modern poverty, Carnegie focuses on the judicious spending of
             capital as being ultimately beneficial to society as a whole.
             Carnegie believes strongly in Individualism and the social and
             political survival of the fittest. Speaking from a social Darwinian
             perspective, the author notes that wealth concentrated into the hands of a
             few is actually the best possible conditi...